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Eastern Promises

2007 film directed by David Cronenberg
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Summary

Eastern Promises is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31,856 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Saturn Award for Best International Film[3]
  • Director: David Cronenberg[4]
  • Screenwriter: Steven Knight[5]
  • Composer: Howard Shore[6]
  • Genre: crime film[7], drama film[8], mystery film[9], crime drama film[10], crime thriller film[11], gangster film[12], action film[13], thriller film[14]
  • Cast member: Viggo Mortensen[15], Naomi Watts[16], Vincent Cassel[17], Armin Mueller-Stahl[18], Donald Sumpter[19], Jerzy Skolimowski[20], Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse[21], Josef Altin[22], Sinéad Cusack[23], Tatiana Maslany[24], Tamer Hassan[25], Raza Jaffrey[26], Tereza Srbová[27], Radosław Kaim[28]
  • Producer: Robert Lantos[29]
  • Production company: Focus Features[30], Kudos[31]
  • Director of photography: Peter Suschitzky[32]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Russian[33], English[34]
  • Commons category: Eastern Promises[35]
  • Distribution format: digital download[36], video on demand[37]
  • Review score: 7.6/10[38], 89%[39], 83/100[40]
  • Color: color[41]
  • Country of origin: Canada[42], United Kingdom[43], United States[44]
  • Publication date: December 27, 2007[45], January 1, 2007[46]
  • Distributed by: Focus Features[47], Netflix[48], Fandango at Home[49], iTunes[50]
  • Narrative location: London[51]
  • Official website: http://www.filminfocus.com/focusfeatures/film/eastern_promises?[52]
  • Filming location: London[53]
  • Conferred by: Saturn Award for Best International Film[54]
  • Film editor: Ronald Sanders[55]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor[56]
  • Title: Eastern Promises[57]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 16[58]

Why It Matters

Eastern Promises has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

FAQs

What awards did Eastern Promises receive?

Honors received include Saturn Award for Best International Film[3].

Related Entities

Armin Mueller-Stahl Canada David Cronenberg film Howard Shore Jerzy Skolimowski London Naomi Watts Netflix Steven Knight Tatiana Maslany United Kingdom United States Vincent Cassel

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . Metacritic. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . Metacritic. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . Metacritic. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . AlloCiné. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . Metacritic. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  25. [28] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . kinokalender.com. Retrieved . kinokalender.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  56. [58] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [59] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [60] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ampas collections film id → W092097
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  2. 17d ago · Rémi sim · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 39
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  3. 6w ago · Οἶδα · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cineuropa film id → 81095
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  4. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  6. 11w ago · Eiragorn · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Afi catalog of feature films id → 64239
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  7. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2007-12-27T00:00:00Z, +2007-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Steven Knight
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+101'}
    Original language of film or tv show → Russian, English
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